PRODUCTION: Anna Wieczur-Bluszcz Developing Drama
WARSAW: The director of comedy Being Like Deyna is prepping her first feature drama, All the Animals with You, based on a book of the same title by a Serbian…
Czech Parliament Puts Delayed Incentives Back on Track
The Czech government has ended months of delay in implementing this year's round of cash back film production incentives, a systemic snag caused by the collapse of the administration of…
Czech Lions Founder Examining Cosmic Questions Via Documentary
PRAGUE: Petr Vachler, founder of the Czech Lions awards, has begun shooting his second film – feature length documentary The Meaning and Mystery of Life (Tajemství a smysl života), in…
FNE at Venice FF 2013: Special notice for film journalists coming to Venice
VENICE:This year for the first time Film New Europe together with FIPRESCI would like to hear from all journalists attending the Venice Film Festival. You also have a chance if…
FNE at SOFA: Agent School Helps Structure Original European Projects
WROCLAW: A festival box office database, an interactive cinema programming system and a short film incubator are just a few of innovative projects developed at the first edition of the…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: CEE Work Inspires French Fest
NANCY: France's Aye Aye fest, celebrating the best in documentary work with a strong focus on projects from CEE countries, kicks off today. East Silver titles including Sofia winner Sickfuckpeople…
Georgian Comedy Blind Dates Sold by Films Boutique
TBILISI: Levan Koguashvili's Blind Dates, which won the works-in-progress prize at Karlovy Vary this summer, is being repped by Germany's Films Boutique as it head to the Toronto IFF for…
PRODUCTION:Ujica Preps Tomorrow Never Knows aka The Beatles Project
BUCHAREST: Following up on the acclaimed The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, Andrei Ujica is working on a new non-fiction film, tentatively called Tomorrow Never Knows, exploring the weekend 13-15 August…
PRODUCTION: Polish-Norwegian Creative Documentary Looks at Absent Parents
WARSAW: Director Åse Svenheim Drivenes is shooting Around My Family Table, focused on the lives of children whose parents were forced to leave and work abroad.
FNE at Venice FF 2013: Andrzej Wajda’s Walesa, Man of Hope Premiers in Venice
VENICE: Veteran Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda will receive the 2013 Persol Award at a special gala award ceremony at the Palazzo del Cinema in Venice on 5 September.
PRODUCTION: Animated Diplodocus Wins Media Development Funding
WARSAW: Diplodocus, an animated film based on a legendary Polish comic, has won an 80,000 EUR development grant from Media.
PRODUCTION: Director of Manhunt Shooting New Tragicomedy
CRACOW: Marcin Krzyształowicz has launched the shoot for his new project, Kindergarten Lady (Pani z przedszkola), described as a Woody Allen-inspired tragicomedy about love and psychoanalysis with an intellectual tone.…
PRODUCTION: Cherry Tobacco Shooting in Estonia
TALLINN: Katrin Maimik’s coming-of-age debut film Cherry Tobacco (Kirsitubakas), written by Andres Maimik, is shooting in Estonian locations through October. It builds on the latter's previous hit comedy Kormoranid. Tobacco…
A Farewell to Fools Sells Worldwide
BUCHAREST: Shoreline Entertainment has sold A Farewell to Fools, the historical drama directed by Bogdan Dreyer starring Gérard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel, to eight territories.
FESTIVALS: Michał Bogucki on the International Animation Fest Nikozi
NIKOZI: The third International Animation FF Nikozi in Georgia will start on 2 September and run for six days at the Archbishop's Palace in Nikozi. The young, yet extremely vibrant…
FNE at Sarajevo FF: Georgia Wins Big in Balkans Wrap
SARAJEVO: Georgia's In Bloom, a moving story about young girls caught up in war by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Grob, won the Heart of Sarajevo prize at the 19th Sarajevo…
Slovak Archive Films Travel
VILNIUS: Kino Pavasaris, the organizer of Vilnius IFF, will present Slovak features from 50s to the 80s as a part of the Artscape project, including Luck Will Come on Sunday,…
Open call for projects for 3D Content Finance Market in December
LIÈGE: 3D Content Financing Market (3DFM) is open for 3D-project applications.The market features pitching sessions, held in Liège, Belgium 4-5 December during the 3DSM, The International 3D Summit for Science,…
Török to Shoot City Romcom
BUDAPEST: Ferenc Török (Istambul, Overnight, Moscow Square) starts his six-week romantic comedy shoot for Nobody's Island 27 August, mostly in Budapest with some seaside locations.
FNE TV AVP Live ! : Helena Frankova, Director Czech Cinematography Fund
The Czech Republic recently approved a new law for cinematography. FNE spoke with Helena Frankova earlier this year as the Czechs prepared to begin the process of the implementation of…
